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Every night is Saturday night: a country girl's journey to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Par Wanda Jackson. 2017
Oklahoman Wanda Jackson tells the story of how she began recording rock music; why she refused to return to the…
Grand Ole Opry for more than fifty years; and how her faith has sustained her for more than seven decades. AdultA New Mexico primer: for students of all ages
Par R. Kermit Hill. 2011
This book is a simple, no nonsense telling of New Mexico history and geography for those who are new to…
the "Land of Enchantment" and for those who want a quick, uncluttered story based on the theory that history should be fun. AdultWhere this road ends (Ridgely Rails Legacy Ser.)
Par Rebekah Colburn. 2017
Ella Mae Hutchins knows exactly what she wants from life. Getting it turns out to be much harder than she…
expects. She has only two dreams: to marry Daniel Evans and to become a successful novelist. When neither dream seems achievable, she sets out to build a life without either. After all her efforts fail, Ella Mae returns to her hometown broken. Determined to start again, the last thing she expects is to encounter the man she blames for ruining her life. Although age and suffering have changed them both, can she forgive Daniel for breaking her heart and is she brave enough to hope for a writing career in a time when female novelists are rare? AdultUnmanned
Par Dan Fesperman. 2015
Not very long ago, Darwin Cole was an F-16 fighter pilot. He was a family man. He was on top…
of the world. Now? He's a washout drunk with a dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, living alone in the Nevada desert and haunted by an image beamed from one of his last missions as a "pilot" of a Predator drone -- a harrowing shot of an Afghan child running for her life. When Cole is approached by three journalists trying to uncover the identity of the possibly rogue intelligence operative who called the shots in Cole's ill-fated mission, Cole reluctantly agrees to team up with them. But in our surveillance culture, even the well intentioned are liable to find themselves under scrutiny, running for their lives, especially when the trail they're following leads to the very heart of that culture -- in intelligence, in the military, and among the unchecked private contractors who stand to profit richly from the advancing technology . . . not merely for use "over there," but for right here, right now. Adult. Some descriptions of sex. Some violence and strong languageNo hiding place: A Tamara Hayle Mystery (Tamara Hayle mystery #04)
Par Valerie Wilson Wesley. 1997
"With three electrifying Tamara Hayle mysteries, Valerie Wilson Wesley has become one of the hottest names on the female crime-writing…
scene. Her previous novel Where Evil Sleeps, "captivates mystery lovers to the hilt" (Vibe). With No Hiding Place, Wesley not only delivers another irresistible mystery, but tackles some of the more disturbing issues of our times. When Newark hoodlum Shawn Raymond is killed, his mother, Bessie, hard-earned money in hand, begs Tamara to look into the unsolved murder. According to Bessie, the cops just don't give a damn, but Tamara is enough of a realist to know the sad truth that gangsters usually end up getting what they deserve. She feels sorry for Bessie Raymond, but like the cops, it's hard for her not to think Good riddance, too. Yet she can also remember a time when Shawn Raymond was an innocent boy, loved and mentored by her dead brother, Johnny. She knows what the void left by Johnny's suicide may have contributed to the bad choices Shawn made. Tied to the Raymonds by grief and memory, Tamara finally agrees to take Shawn Raymond's case. But Tamara finds that the path to the killer leads not only through the city's mean streets and threatened middle class but into her personal life as well, in a terrible, shattering way. More blood will be spilled before Tamara learns her bitter lesson that when it comes to murder and the evil in people's hearts, there truly is no hiding place." -- Dust jacket1929, America before the Crash
Par Warren Sloat. 1979
More than a mear overview of what may well be the most crucial year in American history and not at…
all a nostalgia trifle, 1929 is a dramatic tale of a nation leading the rest of the world into the twentieth century. Brillantly aware of the surge of energy that has made it the leading world power and yet blind to the destiny that waits in the caverns of Wall Street. AdultThe poisoned chocolates case
Par Anthony Berkeley. 2010
"Sir Eustace is a cad of the first water, with a specialty in other men's wives, and the list of…
people who might want to do him in could fill a London phone book. But which of them actually sent the chocolates with their nasty hidden payload? Scotland Yard (we love saying this) is baffled. Enter the Crime Circle, a group of society intellectuals with a shared conviction in their ability to succeed where the police have failed. Eventually, each member will produce a tightly reasoned solution to the Case of the Poisoned Chocolates, but each of these solutions will identify a different murderer. First published in 1929, The Poisoned Chocolates Case is both a classic of the Golden Age of mystery fiction, and one of the great puzzle-mysteries of all time." -- Dust jacketThe blushing bounder: A Dead Lands Fantasy Romance (Iron Seas #0.4)
Par Meljean Brook. 2014
While the search for a killer puts Constable Newberry's life in danger, he faces a danger of another kind: to…
his heart, by the woman forced to marry him. What will it take for this prudish bounder to convince his wife to stay? Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011You're sending me where?: dispatches from summer camp
Par Eric Dregni. 2017
What so proudly we hailed: Francis Scott Key, a life
Par Marc Leepson. 2014
This full-length biography explores the life and legacy of Francis Scott Key, who made his mark as an American icon…
by one single and unforgettable act, writing "The Star-Spangled Banner." AdultIn Crazy Fourth, Toby Smith tells the story of how the African American boxer Jack Johnson, the bombastic and larger-than-life…
reigning world heavyweight champion, met Jim Flynn on the Fourth of July in Las Vegas, New Mexico. In the end, once the dust finally settled on the whole unseemly spectacle, Las Vegas would spend the next generation making good on its losses. AdultMy men
Par Victoria Kielland. 2023
Based on the true story of Norwegian maid turned Midwestern farmwife Belle Gunness, the first female serial killer in American…
history. My Men is a fictional account of one broken woman's descent into inescapable madness. Among thousands of other Norwegian immigrants seeking freedom, Brynhild Størset emigrated to the American Upper Midwest in the late nineteenth century, changing her name and her life. As Bella, later Belle Gunness, she came in search of not only fortune and true faith but, most of all, love. From Victoria Kielland, a rising star of Norwegian literature, comes My Men, a literary reimagining of the harrowing true story of Belle Gunness, who slowly but irreversibly turned to senseless murder for release from her pain, becoming America's first known female serial killer. In pursuit of her American dream, Kielland's Belle grows increasingly alienated, ruthless, and perversely compelling.Raw, visceral, and altogether hypnotic, My Men is a brutal yet radically empathetic glimpse into the world of a woman consumed by desireLa louisiane: Suivi d'un entretien inédit avec l'autrice
Par Julia Malye. 2024
Trois femmes Une terre impitoyable Une histoire oubliée depuis des siècles Paris, 1720. La Supérieure de la Salpêtrière, est mandatée…
pour sélectionner une centaine de femmes « volontaires » qui seront envoyées en Louisiane afin d'y épouser les colons français. Parmi elles, trois amies improbables : Charlotte, une orpheline de douze ans à la langue bien pendue ; Pétronille, une jeune aristocrate désargentée et Geneviève, une faiseuse d'anges. Comme leurs compagnes à bord de La Baleine, elles ignorent tout de ce qui les attend au-delà des mers. Ces étrangères réunies par le destin devront braver l'adversité et traverser une vie faite de chagrins d'amour, de naissances et de deuils, de cruauté et de plaisirs inattendus. Et d'une amitié forgée dans le feu. Fondée sur une histoire vraie, tombée dans l'oubli, cette superbe saga emporte le lecteur des cellules de la Salpêtrière aux confins de la Louisiane aux côtés de femmes que rien ne prédestinait à quitter leur milieuThe tree of life: How a holocaust sapling inspired the world
Par Elisa Boxer. 2024
Hope triumphs over fear in this poignant and impactful true story of the Holocaust—a delicate introduction to World War Two…
history for older audioook listeners. During World War Two, in the concentration camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their devoted teacher planted and nurtured a smuggled-in sapling. Over time fewer and fewer children were left to care for the little tree, but those who remained kept lovingly sharing their water with it. When the war finally ended and the prisoners were freed, the sapling had grown into a strong five-foot-tall maple. Nearly eighty years later the tree’s 600 descendants around the world are thriving . . . including one that was planted at New York City’s Museum of Jewish Heritage in 2021. Students will continue to care for it for generations to come, and the world will remember the brave teacher and children who never gave up nurturing a brighter futureBrutale attirance, tome 2 (Brutale Attirance #2)
Par Shay Carrot. 2023
Bon retour à Uspia, pays où vivent des sorciers, des fées, des loups-garous, des vampires, ainsi que des hybrides !Chers…
lecteurs de ce tome 2,La curiosité est un vilain défaut.Cette fois, j'ai bâillonné Ludmilla pour éviter qu'elle vous dévoile les péripéties de ce deuxième tome, ainsi que les réponses aux questions que vous attendez.C'est donc Shay Carrot, l'auteure de ce roman, qui s'adresse aux petits curieux souhaitant connaître à l'avance ce qui se déroulera dans la suite de cette romance impossible et interdite.Sachez une chose : ça s'annonce brutal, mouvementé et sombre...J'ai pris la liberté de ne rien vous dire, poussant le vice un peu plus loin.Oh... ! Vous me détestez encore plus ? Parfait, ces mots ne sont que le commencement de vos tourments...AVERTISSEMENT : Roman classé « DARK ROMANCE ». Cet ouvrage fictionnel contient des scènes et propos pouvant choquer. Toute référence à des événements ou des lieux réels n'est utilisée que pour servir cette histoire. Tous les noms, personnages et événements sont le produit de l'imagination de l'auteure. Toute ressemblance avec des personnes et des événements serait totalement fortuiteShmutz: A novel
Par Felicia Berliner. 2022
"Hilarious and endearing... Shmutz is a dirty book with a pure heart." —The New York Times In this witty, provocative,…
and "compulsively readable coming-of-age story" ( Cosmopolitan ), a young Hasidic woman on a quest to get married fears she will never find a groom because of her secret addiction to porn. Like the other women in her ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn community, Raizl expects to find a husband through an arranged marriage. Unlike the other women, Raizl has a secret. With a hidden computer to help her complete her college degree, she falls down the slippery slope of online pornography. As Raizl dives deeper into the world of porn at night, her daytime life begins to unravel. Between combative visits with her shrink to complicated arranged dates, Raizl must balance her growing understanding of her sexuality with the expectations of the family she loves. "Clever, subversive, juicy, and surprising" (Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies ), S hmutz explores what it means to be a fully realized sexual and spiritual being caught between the traditional and modern worldsMurder in postscript (A Lady of Letters Mystery #1)
Par Mary Winters. 2023
When one of her readers asks for advice following a suspected murder, Victorian countess Amelia Amesbury, who secretly pens the…
popular Lady Agony column, has no choice but to investigate in this first book in a charming new historical mystery series. Amelia Amesbury—widow, mother, and countess—has a secret. Amelia writes for a London penny paper, doling out advice on fashion, relationships, and manners under the pen name Lady Agony. But when a lady’s maid writes Amelia to ask for advice when she believes her mistress has been murdered—and then ends up a victim herself—Amelia is determined to solve the case. With the help of her best friend and a handsome marquis, Amelia begins to piece together the puzzle, but as each new thread of inquiry ends with a different suspect, the investigation grows ever more daunting. From London’s docks and ballrooms to grand country houses, Amelia tracks a killer, putting her reputation—and her life—on the lineThe bright spot: A novel (Sunrise Cove #5)
Par Jill Shalvis. 2024
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming story about the choices we make…
and the love we let into our lives... Luna Wright is a lot of things, but sweet and trusting isn't on the list. However, she's a sucker for the underdog and a hard-luck story. Adopted at birth, with scant knowledge of her biological family, she's created her own inner circle, a motley crew which includes her bestie Willow, to help her run the struggling but charming Apple Ridge Farm. With a farm-to-table café as well as a menagerie of rescued animals (complete with a baby goat who keeps escaping to the pantry to eat the secret stash of decidedly not organic potato chips), it's the best home she's ever known. But when the owner Silas, who they secretly call The Grinch, passes away, Luna discovers the farm is now under control of his investment manager, the enigmatic Jameson Hayes....and her. And that Silas had many, many secrets. Now Luna's carefully controlled corner of the world is threatened and she—along with some help from her friends—has to dig deep to find true strength and the real meaning of love and familyTwo dead wives
Par Adele Parks. 2023
"Absolutely gripping, this is revenge lit at its best. Provocative and compelling. I was left breathless at the final twist."…
—Lisa Jewell, author of The Family Remains Lost. Missing. Murdered? How do you find a woman who didn't exist? It's a case that has gripped a nation: A woman with a shocking secret is missing, presumed dead. And her two husbands are suspects in her murder. DCI Clements knows the dark side of human nature and that love can make people do treacherous things. You can't presume anything when it comes to crimes of the heart. Until a body is found, this scandalous and sad case remains wide open. Stacie Jones lives a quiet life in a small village, nursed by her father as she recovers from illness, and shielded from any news of the outside world. But their reclusive life is about to be shattered. How are these families linked, and can any of them ever rebuild their lives in the wake of tragedy? This explosive thriller from international bestseller Adele Parks examines what it is to be a family and the dangerous lengths that people will go to for those they love. Look for these other pulse-pounding thrillers by bestselling author Adele Parks: I Invited Her In Lies Lies Lies Just My Luck Woman Last SeenI am a masterpiece!: An empowering story about inclusivity and growing up with down syndrome
Par Mia Armstrong. 2024
Tween actress Mia Armstrong celebrates her fun, funny, beautiful childhood living with Down syndrome in this debut picture book -…
adapted for audio. Mia likes many of the things other people like-going to the beach, the color blue, drawing. But she doesn't like when strangers stare at her because she looks different from them. Down syndrome allows Mia to see and understand the world in a way that may not make sense to others. She considers it her superpower-and instead of it making her strange, she considers herself a masterpiece. As we all are. In this spirited audiobook, Mia offers a glimpse into the life of a child with Down syndrome, helping some readers see themselves in a book and helping others understand those friends, classmates, and family members who are neurodivergent